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Large dogs are so cute, but sometimes we wish they were a little smaller. Their massive bodies take up a lot of room (especially when your 60 pound golden retrievers think they are lap dogs and always find themselves on the couch [true story]) and...

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle will have character names changed for the west, Namco Bandai have shared with Siliconera. Because JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is heavily inspired by music, it's always been a challenge to bring to the west ...

8,800-yen/US$89 "Proplica" lights up in 7 colors, speaks in Kotono Mitsuishi's voice Over two decades after the original toy's debut, Bandai has revamped its classic 1992 Moon Stick from the Sailor Moon anime into an 8,800-yen (about US$89) "Propl...

Gen Urobuchi: Kamen Riders are Monsters Gen Urobuchi, Kamen Rider Gaim's writer, talks about what he feels about the actors and what he has in store regarding the very first scene of Kamen Rider Gaim in the quarterly magazine, The Kamen Rider.

Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency is teaming with NASA for a "special satellite project" which is of interest to us because they've contracted White Fox to animate six minutes of moe anime explaining it.

Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys was originally released on PC Engine in Japan back in 1993, but unfortunately never made its way to the west. With Ys: Memories of Celceta, however, we'll get to experience "an extensive reimagining" of Ys IV, and publisher X...

When it comes to video game crossovers, RPGs tend to stay in their own individual worlds, not counting company-wide all-star titles like Dissidia or the Fortune Street games. In an interview in this month's issue of V Jump, three movers and shaker...

Amazon Japan pre-order page revealed the cover Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Character Song Album. The cover features the 10th Kyoryuger, KyoryuSilver. The album features songs performed by the actors in the series.

2-episode OVA from 1993 gets home video release in 2014 North American anime licensing company Sentai Filmworks announced on Thursday that it has licensed the Time Bokan: Royal Revival video anime series.

The 2014 PS Vita game Sword Art Online – Hollow Fragment has released a new key visual for that gives us our first look at one of the new characters that will be a part of it. The game isthe follow up to the Infinity Moment PSP game that was relea...

Reptile Games Launch Megabyte Punch on Steam by Sam Indie video game developer Reptile Games have announced that their latest title, Megabyte Punch, is now available for purchase via the Steam store, and for its first week will be available at 20%...

So the (arguably) cutest character from the anime series Bakemonogatari is finally made into a Nendoroid. Yes, we have already know how cute her Nendoroid Petite version is, so we can safely expect similar feels out of the full-sized Nendoroid Hac...

If you liked the man-versus-monster movie that was Pacific Rim earlier this year, and wondered why the game—developed by Yuke—was only for the Xbox 360, you're in luck. The slow-paced, methodical brawler will be heading to the PlayStation 3 worldw...

The girls from the popular science fiction anime Infinite Stratos get a traditional Japanese touch as they get their own traditional Japanese seal stamps. Japanese seals or inkan as they are called have been used in Japan since ancient times and j...

Grab your 9-irons and prepare to have a highly charged and electrifying tee off as online golf game PangYa is collaborating the highly popular "A Certain Scientific Railgun S" series. Recently revealed screenshots have been released of the Misaka ...

We caught a brief glimpse of Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment earlier this month. The PS Vita game sends Kirito and Asuna into the previously unexplored Hollow Area of Aincrad, where they meet a mysterious new heroine.

Ahead of the game's October 24th Japanese release, Arc System Works has posted a new preview video of PlayStation3 fighting game BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma. Aksys Games has announced that the game will be heading to North America sometime next year.

With the movie filmed and ready to premiere on January 18, 2014, a new set of publicity photos offer a look at the main and supporting cast for the live-action movie spin-off of Yana Toboso's Black Butler manga.

Tokyo Ravens Episode 2 Harutora is still trying to just deal with everyday life, but life is ready to send him some curveballs. What They Say: After the festival, Hokuto is mad at Harutora, and Harutora and Natsume meet to sort out family issues.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram has players fight witches and the triangle button works magic. Press it to do a basic attack like using Madoka's bow or a Beretta shot if you're Homura. If you press triangle while dashing you'...

Anison singer LiSA's album "LANDSPACE" will be available for digital download on October 30th with songs such as "traumerei" from Day Break Illusion, "Crossing Field" from Sword Art Online and "oath sign" from Fate/zero.

The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Kotomi Aoki's Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru manga began streaming a full trailer on the film's website this week. The trailer features MUSH & Co.

Hikasa Yoko "Seek Diamonds" PV Preview & Jacket Covers Revealed! Hikasa Yoko 3rd single release, titled Seek Diamonds, is scheduled for a 13 November 2013 release and it is the ED for currently airing anime series Ace of Diamond.

Some of the lesser-known joys of Japan are the occasional anime/video game and cake collaborations. Sure, taking your favorite hobby and injecting it with some cake is a no-brainer, but these limited offers always bring some very unique collectabl...

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